The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 13

SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE SECTION TWO CLASSIFIED THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1933 Collapse of Proposed Bond Issue Program Is Reported Probable Committee May Ask Council to Delay Entire Project Collapse of th proposed city bond issue program appeared imminent yesterday. It wa reliably reported that the committee, named by Mayor Ormonde W. Seccombe to study the cost of a municipal plunge and city hall building project, will recommend to the council that the calling of a bond issue be indefinitely set aside. The committee, which has called an open hearing with engineers for Friday afternoon at the city hall, will file Its report next Monday night. The committee is comprised of Council-men W.

R. Wainwrlght, Dr. L. W. Ayers, and W.

P. Howe, a member of the city water board. The committee, it was explained, doubts whether a bond issue, particularly to finance the construction of a new city hall, would be voted by the electors and, moreover, that any program to relieve unemployment should be designed to permit virtually the expenditure of the entire bond issue for direct relief of the jobless and destitute. In the case of the proposed city hall program, a considerable portion of the bond issue, perhaps half, would be expended for building materials. FIGURES TRIMMED Originally, the city council voted to call a $375,000 bond Issue but this figure was trimmed to by Mayor Seccombe.

Of the $250,000 issue. $100,000 would have been expended on the construction of a plunge, bowl and other appurtenances of a recreation center at the Porris Hill park on Highland avenue. The committee yesterday continued its study of the entire building project, apparently acting to obtain all information possible as to the costs before submitting its recommendations to the council. City Engineer Gordon Stewart and his assistant, Ray Forsythe, were requested to compile estimates on the cost of the proposed recreation center. ASK.NRA FUNDS The committee was appointed to Investigate the plan, based upon the expectation that the NRA public works administration would accept the bonds as security for a Federal loan.

While the original Instructions to the committee were to re- (Contlnued on Page Twenty-three) DeMolay Lodge Sponsors Dance The annual sport dance of San Bernardino chapter of DeMolay will be held Friday night at the Highland Woman's club. Arrangements for the affair have been made by Edward Baw-combe, general chairman of the dance. Bawcombe announced that Pat Kelly's orchestra will furnish music for the dance. Invitations to the dance may be obtained from members of the DeMolay. Other committeemen follow: programs and bids Elwood Brooks; publicity, Robert Cruzen; Everett Newton and Bruce Dorsey; floor arrangements, Mack Schanfer and Noel South.

The dance is fcheduled to start at 8 p. m. Smokeless Heaters Are Demonstrated Demonstration of orchard heater improvements to enable citrus growers to comply at little or no expense with the new San Bernardino county anti-smudge smoke ordinance, began yesterday at the West Ontario Citrus association at Narod. A similar demonstration will begin at 2 p. m.

today at the Liberty Groves Operating corporation on Highland avenue, one block east of Euclid avenue, Upland, and at 2 m. Friday at Fourth street and the Southern Pacific railroad tracks in Redlands. The meetings were arranged by County Farm Advisor H. J. Wilder, and the demonstrations are being conducted by Prof.

J. P. Fairbank of the agricultural engineering division of the University of California, i of, W. R. Schoonover of the i.

i. tural extension service, un-s auspices of the citrus de-ii'r. nt of the farm bureau. "''lotion Pictures at irris' Store Today ducational program prepared Kenwood blanket mills will lented at 2 p. m.

today in the of the Harris Co. able sound equipment is belt to San Bernardino for the tation, which will feature a and Rice Sportlight, a Pathe picture, a travelogue and an ited lecture on the making swood all-wool blankets. Chamber to Name Mardi Gras Board San Bernardino chamber of commerce directors will launch plans for the city's annual Mardi Gras festival at their regular meeting tomorrow, Secretary R. H. Mack announced yesterday.

The celebration held at Hallowe'en time each fall, will be scheduled either on Thursday night, Oct. 26 or Saturday night, Oct. 28, Secretary Mack said. In past years the event has been staged on the Friday night after Hallowe'en, but this year it would conflict, he said, with a Boy Scout jamboree at the junior college. The directors at their meeting tomorrow, will appoint a general Mardi Gras chairman and a committee will be named immediately so that plans for the affair may be pushed forward as rapidly as possible.

Definite selection of the date will be made by the committee. Plans are expected to be presented at the meeting by William Starke for a chamber of commerce dinner in honor of Supervisor J. E. Elliott of the San Bernardino national forest, who early this month completed 2D years with the United States forest service. Harmon D.

Skillin, grand second vice-president of the Native Sons of the Golden West, paid his official visit last night to Arrowhead parlor, where he was welcomed by over 100 of the San Bernardino members. Mr. Skillin, who Is chief deputy district attorney of San Francisco, will be in the Southland the next three weeks on his official tour, San Bernardino marking the beginning of his trip. Accompanying Mr. Skillin last night was Eldred L.

Meyer, of Santa Monica, grand trustee, who brought with him the drum corps of the Santa Monica Bay parlor. Walter E. Hiskey, district deputy grand president, headed a delegation of Native Sons from the Santa Ana parlor. The guests and the visiting delegation were introduced by Henry B. Peake, president of Arrowhead parlor, and short talks were given in return by the grand officers.

Initiation of candidates was followed by the appearance of the Santa Monica drum corps, and at the close of the meeting a social hour was held and refreshments were served. Fete Tickets Sold By Police, Firemen The Police Firemen's association yesterday opened an advance of tickets for the Oct. 14 benefit entertainment being given to raise funds to assist San Bernardino's work relief program for needy women. The affair will be held in the Municipal auditorium and will feature a public dance. Secretary Floyd Thurman of the association Is directing the ticket sale.

He will Issue blocks of tickets to the police and firemen at a meeting of the two departments called by Mayor Ormonde W. 'Seccombe for Monday at 2 p. m. Riverside Resident Undergoes Surgery Mrs. Ben Cassen, 5742 Magnolia avenue, Riverside, was recovering last night at Ramona hospital, San Bernardino, from a major operation performed yesterday by Drs.

A. M. Bennett and Eugene H. Hull. Attendants said Mrs.

Cassen's condition was satisfactory. DFFJCERS 1ISIT rails Banning Writer Begins Ascent of Tall Mt. Somewhere on one of the perilous ledges of Mt. San Jacinto, among the highest rock mountains in the United States, Tom Hughes, well-known Banning resident and writ er, rested last night before resuming at dawn his attempt to scale the precipitous walls of the granite peak. Residents near Snow creek, 12 mile from Palm Springs, where Hughes started his hazardous ascent at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, said the climb has never been attempted when the peak is not covered with snow.

Legends of local Indian tribes held that only with the aid of the "huge eagle, whose E. INCREASES PAYROLL WHEN CODE ADOPTED Approximately $120,000 Added To Expenditures, Part-Time Workers Get Longer Hours Approximately $120,000 will be added to the Pacific Electric payroll annually in the San Bernardino district with the restoration of part-time employes to full-time positions while shorter working hours will be accorded others under provisions of a code signed by the transportation company, according to C. H. Jones, agent. The code of fair competition, as established by the NRA for electric railroads and motor coach lines, was appioved by President Roosevelt last week.

Under provisions of the code general office employes will go on a 40-hour week basis, general shop employes on a 44-hour week and other employes on a 48-hour week. 200 AFFECTED HERE Approximately 200 men in the San Bernardino district will be affected by the code provisions. A few will receive pay increases, others will work less hours while some will secure positions. The additional men will be employed from those formerly in the service of the company, relieved on account of decrease In traffic due to depression during the past several years. Other men, who have been working on the extraboard, will secure full-time work.

The Motor Transit lines will also operate under the same code, according to Claude Allen, superintendent of the mountain division. Plan to Repeal Sales Tax Hit California county assessors, at the final meeting of their convention In Riverside yesterday, adopted a resolution deploring reported movements to repeal the state sales tax and declaring that such action, If successful, would threaten the state with financial chaos. Property owners who have been extended relief under the system would suffer a "calamity," the resolution recited, and it called upon the governor to exclude "from any executive call for a special election any proposal for the repeal of the state sales tax." The tax is raising revenue essential to the support of the state's public schools system, the assessors pointed out, and they expressed confidence that movements against It were "ill-advised," asking opponents to give it a fair trial first. Walter R. Tavernetti, of Salinas county, was elected president and Yosemite was chosen for next year's convention.

Tavernetti has served the past year as vice-president. John H. Keith, Riverside, became vice-president, and Gabriel P. Cummings, Fresno, and Tom F. Burke, Bakersfield, were reelected as secretary and treasurer, respectively.

Bulletins on Rabbit Raising Are Issued Rabbit raisers in San Bernardino county are invited to call at the office of Countv Farm Advisor H. J. Wilder in the Federal building for an agricultural extension service bulletin just published, on rabbit raising. Copies are free. The circular deals with breeding, feeding, housing, care and management, diseases and remedies, preparation for market, costs and returns.

California is the leading state in rabbit production, either because of favorable weather conditions or because of the development of an appetite for rabbit meat through good marketing conditions, according to H. H. Butterfield, supervisor of agricultural correspondence courses, and W. E. Lloyd, associate poultry husbandman in the University of California, who wrote this bulletin on "Rabbits." size is that of a house," could the mountain be scaled beyond Its higher elevations.

Hughes, however, is an experienced mountain climber, and he expects to reach the summit in three days, possibly in two. His equipment includes five days' food supply, a canteen of water and twp extra sweaters. He has been laying plans for the climb for several months. Mt. San Jacinto has the highest abrupt rise of any mountain in the country.

Hughes is following the east fork of Snow creek, which stream, the U. S. Geographical survey says, is the swiftest on the Exchange's State Head At Meeting After an adjournment dining the summer, the Junior Exchange club of San Bernardino, composed of boys of high school age, will resume Its activities tonight with a dinner meeting and Installation ceremonies at the Y. M. C.

A. Robert McDonald, new president of the club and his officers will be installed by Fred Duffy, state president of senior Exchange clubs, and all members of the San Bernardino senior orgain.ation have been requested by President Ward- I well D. Evans to attend the meet-j Ing tonight. This meeting according to Presl-; dent Evans, will not Bffect plans for the regular session of the senior club tomorrow noon at the California hotel when Charles Bagg, county NRA chairman, will be the speaker. Attorney Bagg will ex-! plain the duties of his recently I created office.

I State President Duffy and E. W. Lee, governor of the eleventh dls-i trict, will be guests of the Alham-bra Exchange club at its luncheon meeting today. They will extend an Invitation to the clubs or the tenth district, which includes Los Angeles county, to attend a meeting of the i eleventh district on the evening of i Oct. 19 in Riverside.

TAX 'RACKET The sales tax repeal petition racket, underway in San Bernardino since the first of the week, has failed to bring In a harvest for the promoters. Ten cents Is the charge for the privilege of signing. Circulators are reported to get 3 cents out of each 10 cents collected. The remaining 7 cents goes to the promoters for other expenses. No one is permitted to sign the initiative petition without making the payment of 10 cents.

Large majority of persons solicited refuse to pay. It is the first time in the history of the state circulation of initiative petitions has been used as a collection game. Petitions are being circulated In many cities of the state in an effort to secure sufficient signatures to put the question of repeal on the ballot at a special election Governor Rolph contemplates calling on the referendum of the state water program. Various state officials, Including Rolland Vandegrift, director of finance, yesterday warned against the initiative effort to repeal the sales tax, declaring such action would bankrupt the state and close the schools. Vandegrift was originally opposed to the sales tax.

No other method could be provided quickly to raise the revenue. The money from the sales tax goes to take the place of taxes formerly collected on real estate for the operation of the schools. Student Forum Will Hold First Parley San Bernardino Valley junior college's student forum, discontinued year, will be resumed next Wednesday, It was announced yesterday by Dr. Nicholas Ricclardi, college president. The first subject for discussion is "What is the NRA?" Leslie I.

Har- prominent San Bernardino busi- ness man, and John K. Tibbitts, I newspaper publisher, will be the speakers. Dr. Ricclardi said that each session of the forum will be devoted to some vital economic question. Fined $25 on Count Of Disturbing Peace At the conclusion of a trial in police court which lasted nearly all day, Wayne Karst, 697 Third street, was found guilty of disturbing the peace and fined $25 while Willis W.

Brooks, 896 Kingman street, was found not guilty on the same charge. Both were arrested at Third and streets while participating in a fight. Perilous San Jacinto North American continent. A raging torrent in the spring after the melting of winter snows, the creek drops 8,200 feet in five miles. Before leaving Hughes said he held no fear that any of the higher walls would give way to his weight.

He said his observations of several years convinced him that earth- quakes had thrown all loose rock down the canyon walls. Geologists say Mt. San Jacinto is the world's youngest mountain and I that its age is approximately 50,000 years. It is because of this that the rise is so great in such a short distance; erosion has not taken I place to any marked degree. I UNPRDFITABL CITY CHURCHES Till MOBILIZE IN 1A CAMPAIGN 'Golden Rule Army' Planned by State Leaders; Millions Expected to Enroll Plans for mobilization of San Bernardino church members in California's "Golden Rule Army" In support of the national recovery administration are expected to be considered within a few days by pastors of the city's churches.

The plan, suggested at a recent gathering of Southern California churchmen, swung Into action in Ios Angeles yesterday, following receipt by leaders in the move of the endorsement of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The President's endorsement of the proposed spiritual campaign was addressed to Dr. Roy L. Smith, chairman of the NRA state recovery board's church committee.

It read: PLEDGE CARDS READY "To all participating in the NRA meeting of pastors of local churches, may I extend my sincere thanks Bnd warmest congratulations, Franklin D. Roosevelt." "The physical task of pledging all church members Irrespective of race, color, creed or political affiliations to membership in California's Golden Rule army is underway," said Jack L. Warner, chairman of the state recovery board. "Pledge cards will shortly be distributed to every religious body In the state. These cards pledge all signers to the principles of the Golden Rule and read: "I pledge myself to sustain the principle of the Golden Rule as expressed by the President of the United States in his national industrial recovery act by endeavoring to carry the spirit of the Golden Rule into my private, social and business life." COMMITTEE LISTED "It is hoped that between two and three million church members in the state will be banded together in the California division of the Golden Rule army, and that in time every church member In the United States will be enlisted In this spiritual movement in support of President Roosevelt's recovery program." The members of the California chinch committee are: Dr.

Frank B. Fagerburg, Baptist church; Dr. Thos. L. Griffith, Colored Baptist church: Dr.

Charles R. Drake, Christian church; Albert E. Lombard, Christian Science church; Dr. James H. Lash, Congregational church; Dean Harry Eeal, Episcopal church; Rabbi Edgar F.

Mag-nin, Jewish synagogue; Dr. Roy L. Smith, chairman, M. E. church; Leo J.

Muir, Mormon church; Dr. Herbert Booth Smith, Presbyterian church; D. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic church; Dr. W.

E. McCullough, United Presbyterian church; Dr. Henry Kendall Booth, Congrega tional church, and Dr. J. George i Dorn, Lutheran church.

Army Fliers in Stabbing Quiz Search for the murderer of William T. Dodson, former navy flier and parachute jumper, stabbed in front of his Los Angeles home Sept. 17, shifted last night to March field, when Los Angeles officers left to question two army aviators. The officers, who declined to name the two men they were seeking, said they had learned that Dodson had "trouble" with the two army fliers a short time before his death. The nature of the dispute was not known, they said.

Warrant Sought in Auto Crash Death A warrant charging manslaughter against Dan Nicolls, employe of the Los Angeles power and light bureau, was sought in Las Vegas yesterday by Jack Albright, Las Vegas business man and brother of George Albright, former San Bernardino youth, injured In an automobile wreck several days ago. Testimony at an inquest into the death of W. B. Busch, film studio artist, killed in the crash, failed to place any more of the blame on Nicolls than on the driver of the car in which Busch and George Albright were riding. Jack Albright, who was formerly connected with the Morgan Typewriter shop In San Bernardino, declared in seeking the warrant that he had uncovered evidence tending to establish discrepancies in testimony given at the inquest and charged that because the accident occurred in Goodsprings, township, it was out of the jurisdiction of Coroner Frank M.

Ryan of Las Vegas, who conducted it. Busch and young Albright, two of the builders of the Hoover dam miniature exhibited at the Pomona fair, which will also be shown at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino, were returning to Las Vegas from Pomona during the fair when the crash occurred. Oakland Contractor Low Bidder On Main Span of Santa Fe Rail Viaduct With $189,985 Figure Ice Companies Purchase Caldwell Business, Plant Acting jointly, the Southern California and the Mountain Water Ice companies have purchased the Caldwell Ice company's business and plant property on Second street, it wag announced yesterday by Norman Pike, the San Bernardino district manager of the Southern California company. The two purchasing companies will continue to operate the business of the Caldwell company, Mr. Pike said.

The plant, however, will be closed to permit the concentrating of production and distribution of ice throughout the territory. The consideration involved in the transfer was not announced by any of the parties to the deal. The sale, however, includes the business, Ice manufacturing equipment, building and site of the Caldwell company, located on Second street between I street and Carter avenue. David Caldwell, who established the Caldwell company some eight years ago, will make a vacation trip to Vancouver, New York and possibly to Europe. The business of the Caldwell company will be directed by Mr.

Pike, representing the Southern California Ice and Charles Gabriel, owner of the Mountain Water Ice Co. Barbers9 Code Provides For 65-Cent Haircuts An increase to 65 cents in the price of haircuts in San Bernardino loomed last night with the announcement from San Francisco jthat CRA officials had given their omciai approval 10 a coae nsung that figure. Associated Press 'dispatches said that the code, which will affect 17,000 barbers In the state, was signed by Edwin Daugherty, chief administrator of the California recovery administration, and Timothy A. Reardon, director of industrial relations. It will be effective Wednesday.

In add'tion to the 65-cent haircut price, other figures quoted in the Monday will mark the opening of the elementary school milk program, according to an announcement yesterday by Albert D. Graves assistant superintendent of schools. The milk Is served throughout the elementary school system to children at 10 a. the daily consumption ranging between 250 and 500 pints, Mr. Graves said.

While the program Is designed primarily to aid undernourished children, all students In the schools are allowed to purchase milk, which is sold at 4 cents a half pint. Two graham crackers are also served. Milk is also served to undernourished children at noon, funds for this work being secured through the City Teachers' club, which last year contributed $2,300 for the child welfare program, and various clubs throughout the city. The latter program will start about a week later than the first distribution, stated Mr. Graves.

County Women at Red Cross Session Mrs. T. R. Carlisle and Mrs. F.

E. Clough of San Bernardino and Mrs. George Tilt of Fontana attended the annual regional meeting of the Red Cross Tuesday at Santa Monica. James L. Fieser, vice-chairman of the National Red Cross in Wash-ton, D.

was the principal speaker. Other talks were given by A. L. Shafer, Pacific branch manager, Douglas Moore, director of public information, and Mrs. Esther Chadbourne, field director.

Round table discussions concerning problems and aspects of the Red Cross work were held in the afternoon. Actress in Collapse At Lake Arrowhead Too strenuous exercise while playing her first motion picture lead was blamed last night for the collapse yesterday of Ann Sothern, actress, during the filming of "Eight Girls In a Boat" at Lake Arrowhead. Dr. H. L.

Oliver, surgeon at Lake Arrowhead hospital, said that rowing, swimming and skipping rope, required of her in the picture, had proved too strenuous in the high altitude. It will be several weeks before she will be able to continue her work, Dr. Oliver declared. She will be unable to finish the present film. Although the picture has been in production for four weeks, it will be necessary to retake only a few days, Richard Wallace, the director, said, because Miss Sothern, popular former lead at the Pasadena Community playhouse, had appeared in but a few of the scenes.

1 10 code include haircuts for children under 12 years of age, 50 cents; neck trims, 40 cents and shaves, 25 cents. The code applies to men's hair cutting only. A standard 50-cent price for haircuts was adopted by San Bernardino barbers several weeks ago following a series of meetings under the CRA. The price scale ended a barber's "war" which had sent haircut prices as low as 25 cents In some shops. San Bernard'no's organization is expected to accept the state code, according to George Felsin, presl- (Continued on Page Twenty-three) The first meeting of the child guidance clinic of the San Bernardino district schools will be held next Wednesday morning at 7:30, Albert D.

Graves, assistant superintendent of schools, said yesterday. The meeting will be held in the school administration building at Eighth and streets. This year the state clinic will cooperate with the San Bernardino clinic and an advisor will probably attend the meetings, which are to be held weekly, Mr. Graves declared. The advisor will be an experienced research psychologist, he said.

Among those slated to attend the session are Dr. W. W. Fenton, school physician; Gladys R. Sack-ett, research department; Lava V.

Sughrue, general elementary supervisor; Cornelia Lincoln, Agnes Goe-thals, J. H. Williams, teachers; Dorothea K. Stewart, director of health and Mr. Graves.

lean-Up Drive Is Progressing San Bernardino's fall clean-up of rubbish is progressing rapidly, with an average of 30 loads per day being hauled away from the city by the dump trucks of the Johnson Disposal holders of the municipal contract for collection and disposal of rubbish. Sanitary Inspector D. M. Barker, who is in charge of the free clean-up for the city board of health, said yesterday that excellent cooperation is being received from the property owners of the community. The drive, which opened Monday morning, will probably be finished this week, Inspector Barker said.

City Men to Attend Discussion on NRA San Bernardino has been invited to participate in a Los Angeles discussion of the NRA program to be held at the Hotel Alexandria on Oct. 5, under the sponsorship of the Southern California council of the state chrmber of commerce. This city's two members of the council are Supervisor John Andre-son and County Engineer Howard L. Way. Secretary R.

H. Mack of the chamber has been notified that officials of the state's NRA admin-istrati i will address the meeting on the various phases of the President's national recovery program. Short talks will deal with the public works program, the industrial recovery administration of the state and nation, the agricultural adjustment act, the home loan act, and the C. C. C.

camps program. II City's Major Project Advanced Step as Bids Opened Construction of San Bernardino's new Santa Fe viaduct was advanced a step nearer reality yesterday when the state department of public works opened bids for the main span of the giant structure as part of the gigantic highway building program designed to relieve unemployment. J. F. Knapp of Oakland was low bidder on the viaduct, submitting a figure of $189,985 for its construction.

The bid was the largest of eight opened by the department at yesterday's session. The work, to be done in nine counties of the state, will cost $523,590. SECOND PROJECT Opening of bids on the main span was the second step In actual construction of the huge project, which will replace the present antiquated and dangerous structure which crosses the maze of Santa Fe tracks at the western end of the business district Work on the approach from Third street, under contract to the United Concrete Pipe corporation of Los Angeles for slightly less than $30,000, expected to etart sometime next week, Thomas Pol-ich, vice-president of the Los Angeles firm has notified officials of the division of highways in San Bernardino. PROGRAM RUSHED Under the state's plan of pushing forward projects as rapidly as possible, in order to provide immediate relief, contract for the viaduct is expected to be awarded next week, and actual work may start within two weeks. Preliminary activity will consist of removing the old span, which Is on the same site as that to be occupied by the new structure.

One more unit of the construction remains to be placed under contract, according to Division Highway Engineer E. Q. Sullivan. The final project will be the Fourth street approach, leading to the viaduct from the north and west, for which bids are expected to be advertised within a short time. One other Job in the San Bernardino engineering district was included In the opening of bids yesterday.

Clyde W. Wood of Stockton bid $16,545 for laying fuel oil along 19.6 miles of the Meeca-Blythe lateral between Shaver summit and a point four miles east of Mecca. PROJECTS LISTED Other bids opened yesterday Include: Mono county: The Isbell Construction company, Carson City, Nevada, bid $54,424 for grading and surfacing 2.9 miles of the East-of- (Continued on Page Twenty-three) Art Teachers Plan Program in Schools Art teachers and supervisors of the San Bernardino district schools met yesterday to outline a program for the school year. The meeting was presided over by Margaret H. Erdt, art supervisor while Lewis E.

Adams, superintendent of schools addressed the group. Gets Jail Sentence On Theft Admission Pleading guilty to a charge of petty theft, Simon G. Calderon, 21 years old of 630 street, was sentenced yesterday by Judge Donald Van Luven in police court to serve 25 days in the county jail. Calderon was arrested Tuesday night when Officer L. L.

Stone saw him taking articles from a car parked at Second and streets. Names of Ticket Winners for "Too Much Harmony" Sun-Telegram-Fox Classified Advertising: Contest Will Be Published Tomorrow 1i In order to allow more III lor JUOging ine mnwnumn uj I 1 I ber of replies received jl of ticket winners will be lished tomorrow instead of V. i day as previously announced. 7r 1.